Mainzer Tor

Westhofen

Mainzer Tor

  Location of the Mainzer Tor The gatehouse flanked by a tower originally had towering gables. After bombardment by Spanish artillery in 1621 it was renewed in more modest form. Above the gate lived a porter. Until 1806 it had to close "at 10:00 pm". Canceled in 1898  

Vierecks-Heisje

Westhofen

Vierecks-Heisje

  The quadrangle Heisje   On the built-in Firstabschlusstein is the year 1891th However, the Heisje actually should have been built in 1920. The peculiarity of this Heisjes is that only half of it is privately owned by the winery Christian Weinbach. The other half has leased the winegrower. Height: 215 District: "In Kelterstein" Useful information: The Heisje was built around 1920. It consists for the most part of rubble and the frames and corners of bricks. The saddle roof is made of reinforced concrete. The…

Simultankirche Bechtolsheim 1

Bechtolsheim

Simultankirche Mariä Himmelfahrt

The builders, employed by Jacob von Landshut in Herrnsheim erected the integrated new church building in Bechtolsheim between 1482 - 1492. It gives the impression of a compact building with high saddle-roof and separate belfry from the outside. The inside offers an overwhelming impression of space with a wide, light hall. The vault and nave are the same height and are covered with an arched ceiling in what seems to be endless rapport. We have to thank Philipp Kämmerer of Worms of Dahlberg for this creation. As spokesman and manager for…

Blick auf die Jugendstilfliesensammlung

Offstein

Heimatmuseum Offstein

The Offstein Local History Museum's collection focuses on the history of the Offstein clay works and its tiles. The Art Nouveau tiles from the Offstein clay works are used in the Bad Nauheim Sprudelhof, among other places, which demonstrates their supra-regional significance and high artistic value. In addition, the museum collects and displays documents, media and objects relating to the history of the village and village life 30 and more years ago as a permanent exhibition. A complete shoemaker's workshop from this period deserves special…

Außenansicht Museum

Bad Münster am Stein - Ebernbu

Steinskulpturenmuseum und Steinskulpturenpark

Not far from the mighty backdrop of the Rotenfels in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, the sculptors Kubach-Wilmsen built their open-air studio in 1968. Almost their entire life's work was created in this landscape. Since 2001 they have been transforming the abandoned vineyards into a stone sculpture park that is open to the public. A natural landscape in the Nahe valley opens up to the visitor and observer with stone sculptures as stone piece works of the earth. Nearly 30 sculptures have already found their place in this landscape. The…

APP Ingelheim in Roman times - Preview

Ingelheim am Rhein

App "Ingelheim in Roman times"

Experience "Ingelheim in Roman times" via augmented reality The Museum bei der Kaiserpfalz has developed a new mobile app that allows users to immerse themselves in the world of antiquity. The digital application focuses on three life-size Roman statues that were originally part of a monumental, colourfully painted tomb. This funerary monument is embedded as a digital reconstruction in the Roman settlement landscape of the 1st century AD and can be recreated astonishingly realistically with a 360° panorama as augmented reality. …